Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by viraptor on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:31PM
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Which predicted catastrophes? The only one I remember is the ozone layer issue which we stopped with regulation and still pay the price (although it's getting better)
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by chrisco255 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:50PM
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You ever see the movie Waterworld? Some people actually believe that to be a possibility.
Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by viraptor on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:17PM
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Yeah, but we ignore those people when taking about real world. There's a difference between "believed in a catastrophic movie" and predictions based on real information.
Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by NeedMoreTea on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:56PM
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I'd take some convincing that anyone actually thinks a terrible movie that had a thousand metres, or whatever it was, of sea level rise is a real possibility.
We're "only" looking at a rise under 100m even if we lose both ice caps. Which would take centuries to fully melt... Would still end up being catastrophic for the society we built.
Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by ori_b on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:45PM
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You ever see the Reptilian conspiracy theories? Some people actually believe that to be a possibility.
Do you have any evidence that a significant portion of people working in the field in the 1980s thought that Waterworld was realistic, or are you just pointing at some cranks that existed, and treating it as evidence of anything other than the existence of cranks?